An intriguing restoration technique caught my eye this week. Kintsugi, or "golden joinery", is a Japanese restoration tradition, purportedly originating in the 15th c. after an Emperor was displeased by the aesthetic condition of a ceramic piece that had been rejoined with metallic staples. Since the start of the tradition, tea practicioners have often been accused of purposefully breaking their own dishes in order to lace them with gold. Whether this is true or not, kintsugi

The Hollingsworth Fine Arts studio was filled with appraisers and friends on Sunday. A lovely afternoon of conversation on painting identification and conservation ensued. Art restorer, Gary Hollingsworth, spoke with the Chapter on restoration materials, costs, storage environments, damage prevention, wax and beva linings, paper preservation techniques, etc. while giving a tour of the paintings in various stages of restoration processing around our work table. I presented my